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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 10 p.p.m. ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz, (25.515-27.855 MHz) 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/FSK
500-1620 kHz: < 4 µV
1620 kHz - 21.5 MHz: < 0.2 µV
21.5-30 MHz: < 0.13 µV
AM
500-1620 kHz: < 32 µV
1620 kHz - 21.5 MHz: < 2 µV
21.5-30 MHz: < 1.3 µV
FM
28-30 MHz: < 0.25 µV
? CW Noise floor (MDS), 400 Hz BW
0.137 MHz: –125 dBm
0.475 MHz: –133 dBm
1.0 MHz: –136 dBm
3.5 MHz: –136 dBm
14 MHz: –136 dBm
50 MHz –120 –126 –136
70 MHz –116 –123 –133
AM 10 dB (S+N)/N, 1 kHz, 30% modulation, 6 kHz BW
1.0 MHz: 1.00 µV
3.8 MHz: 1.00 µV
29.0 MHz: 1.19 µV
50.4 MHz: 1.38 µV
FM 12 dB SINAD, 16 kHz BW
29 MHz: 0.40 µV
52 MHz: 0.44 µV
70 MHz: 0.59 µV
Selectivity SSB/CW/FSK
2.2 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.4 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
5 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -50 dB
FM
12 kHz @ -6 dB, 25 kHz @ -50 dB
? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 1.5 W across 8 ohms @ 10% THD 7 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz, (25.515-27.855 MHz) 160-6 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output SSB/CW/FM:20-100 W, AM: 10-40 W 12 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω ? 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 2 A ? 1.5 A
TX Max 20 A ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 270 × 96 × 305 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.01 in)
335 × 95 × 210 mm
(13.19 × 3.74 × 8.27 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) without AT unit ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 120 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG2
RISC processor: 1.2 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEONTM
DSP processor: 1.0 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 78 GFLOPS
Accessories AT-450 antenna tuner ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000450S PRESIDENT-BENJAMIN FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500